Nobel Prize Quiz 2017 : List of all winners, current affairs, general knowledge

Nobel Prizes for 2017 have been announced. Kazuo Ishiguro has been awarded 2017 Nobel Prize for his outstanding contribution to literature. We will list the winners and will discuss question answers about Nobel Prize 2017 general knowledge and current affairs. Like each past year Nobel Prize has been awarded also In 2017 to eleven well known person from six different fields and an organisation of the world. Number of 2017 Nobel winners is one more than 2016 where there ten winners had received this prize. This article is very useful for the candidates of competitive exams such as PSC, SSC, UPSC, DEFENCE, RAILWAY, LIC, IBPS etc where a question about nobel prize is asked. Get well prepared for job by reading our article about nobel prize 2017 general knowledge and current affairs. Nobel prize 2017 current affairs question answers.

Nobel Prize 2017 :

The Nobel Prize in Physics was announced by Goran. K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on Tuesday 3 October.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced by Thomas Perlmann, Secretary of Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine on Monday 2 October

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was announced by Goran. K. Hansson, Secretary General if the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on Wednesday 4 October

The Nobel Prize in Literature was announced by Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on Thursday, 5 October

The Nobel Peace Prize was announced by Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chairman of the Norweigan Nobel Committee, on Friday 6 October

The Sveriges Riksbank Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was announced by Goran. K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on Monday, 9 October 2017

What is Nobel Prize

According to 1895 will of Alfred Nobel it was decided to distribute Nobel Prize for outstanding contributions in five fields. The Nobel Prize was first awarded in 1901 in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace in memory of Sir Alfred Nobel who was a chemist, engineer and inventor from Sweden. Later in 1969 Nobel in Economics was first introduced. From 1901 to 2017 a total number of 923 nobel laureates have been awarded this prize. The winner receives a gold medal , a diploma and a prize money worth 8 Million SEK or $1.2 Million.

The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award in the world available in the fields of literature, physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, peace and economics. As Alfred’s will the award is administered by Nobel Foundation and awarded by the Swedish Academy in favour of the Nobel Committee of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm. Nobel peace prize is awarded by Norweigan Nobel Committee. Nobel Peace prizes are presented in Stockholm, Sweden at the annual Prize Award ceremony. The Sveriges Riksbank of Sweden provides the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences.

Nobel Prize 2017 Highlights:

Nobel Peace Prize 2017 There are total 318 candidates nominated for 2017 Nobel peace prize out of which 215 are individuals and 103 are organisations.

The 12 Nobel laureates have been awarded this prize in – literature, physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, peace, economics.

After Bob Dylan 2017 Nobel prize for literature goes to Japan born British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro who is also a short story writer and creator of some books such as The Remains of The Day, An Artist of the Floating World. He also won Booker Prize in 1989. Previous winners are listed below

Australia based organisation International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons(ICAN) won this year Nobel peace prize. Founding in 2007 ICAN spread its branch over hundred countries. Previous winners are listed below

Rainer Weiss along with Barry Barish and Kip Thorne received Nobel for contributions to LIGO detector and observation of gravitational waves. Previous winners are listed below

Jacques Dubochet along with Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson won 2017 Chemistry Nobel for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution. Previous winners are listed below

Michael W. Young shared 2017 Nobel in physiology/medicine with Jeffrey C. Hall and Michael Rosbash for the discovery of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm. Previous winners are listed below

American economist Richard Thaler won 2017 Nobel for his contributions to Behavioral economics. 72 year-old Thaler is the professor of University of Chicago and popular for ‘nudge’ theory. Previous winners are listed below